Materiales

Ten examples of "private neighborhoods" or residential urbanizations mainly in the area surrounding Buenos Aires mostly built between 1990-2000 including neighborhoods with communal services, the country club, small farms or "club de chacras," a mountain village and large towns.

Learn the standards of effective design and installation for building systems using the performance requirements set by the industry-leading source for standards: the International Code Council?. Now available in Spanish to recognize an increasingly diverse workforce, the 2003 International Building Code - Spanish Edition offers users comprehensive coverage and time-tested safety concepts so they are well-prepared for successful, safe work in the field. In addition, structural as well as fire- and life-safety provisions are also included and span a range of topics, including means of egress,...

La segunda mitad del siglo XX ha sido testigo de un viraje importante en la práctica de la arquitectura, marcado por el agotamiento de la propuesta humanista del Movimiento Moderno y la eclosión de la Arquitectura del Espectáculo como respuesta al programa del marketing urbano y el mercado del entertainment. El resultado material de ese proceso está a la vista: el deplorable espectáculo de las zonas urbanas crecidas en ese período. Pero un subproducto más alarmante ha sido el desvanecimiento del concepto mismo de arquitectura, que ha dejado a las actuales generaciones de estudiantes...

Profusely illustrated, this historical work focuses on the planning and construction of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, during the second half of the 16th century—when Madrid went from being a mercantile town to the capital of the Hapsburg Empire. Including a detailed analysis of archived documents, architectural plans, and drawings, this study chronicles this monument's architectural and urban development, explains the symbolism associated with it, and reveals how it came to be a model for other European constructions. Profusamente ilustrada, esta obra histórica enfoca el planeamiento y ...